CO129-298 - Governor Sir Blake Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [3-4] — Page 70

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S office,

March 20th.

1900.

Report on Ordinance No.6 of 190 o .

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled

An Ordinance to further amend The Public Helth

Ordinance, 1887.

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the

Governor's Instructions.

Objects and Reasons.

Although the service of a notice stating

what should be done to abate, a "ruisance", is

reasonably required by section 18 of the Public

Health Ordinance, (No, 24 of 1887 ) before the

institution of proceedings before the Magistrate,

it is not at all reasonable to require such notice

to be served on people infringing well known Bye-

Laws. The Bye-Laws made under section 13, sub-section

4, as to limewashing tenement houres are well known;

but